Golf Dads Platform Guide
Run your simulator golf season, league chatter, and specialty competitions in one place.
The Golf Dads platform is built for friend groups and golf leagues that want to follow the PGA or LPGA season through simulator rounds, post scores, track standings, manage league-specific players, coordinate side games, and keep the trash talk flowing.
Key Highlights
Tour Season Tracking
Follow along with your friends through the PGA or LPGA schedule using golf simulator rounds.
- Post R1–R4 scores based on the event round count.
- Track live event leaderboard and season standings.
- Commissioners can set buy-in, skins pot, number of rounds, and skins deadline.
- Score editing locks after the skins deadline unless an exception is enabled.
Compete Events
Run league-created specialty events for friends playing together, remotely, or across the globe.
- Create local or remote competitions by league.
- Track gross and composite scores.
- Submit buy-in details and calculated skins pot.
- Support individual, scramble, and best-ball style team entries.
League & Players
Keep each league separated so scores, comments, posts, competitions, and standings stay tied to the active league.
- Players can switch their active league.
- Commissioners can manage users and league content.
- League message board supports posts, comments, replies, edits, and reactions.
- Player profiles include handicap, photo, smack talk, and active league.
Trip Planning
Coordinate the logistics for a guys trip inside each league.
- Add golf courses and dates with booking status.
- Track lodging, rental cars, and restaurant reservations.
- Capture player counts and cost per person.
- See a trip timeline overview with swim lanes by day.
Score Posting
The Player card shows who is posting, what league is active, handicap, and score entry controls.
- Completed events hide the submit form.
- Already-posted rounds are removed from the score dropdown.
- Inline round score edits are available while allowed.
- Mobile scoreboards are compact for small screens.
Commissioner Workspace
League commissioners have a dedicated settings area to run their league without touching other leagues.
- Bulk-create up to seven users at a time.
- Manage users, comments, posts, competitions, and Tour score exceptions.
- Set default Tour round count and event-specific round settings.
- Delete or modify league-specific entries.
Community Features
The platform keeps the league social, not just statistical.
- League message board with editable posts.
- Tour and Compete comments with replies.
- Thumbs-up and laughing reactions.
- Randomized Golf Dads YouTube videos, including mobile-optimized display.
Tour User Guide
1
Choose your league and Tour event.Tour is designed to follow the PGA or LPGA season with your friends through golf simulator rounds.
2
Enter the SIM Event.Players join the event roster, then post the allowed number of rounds before the skins deadline.
3
Post scores and track standings.Round columns adjust to the commissioner-set number of rounds, and the scoreboard tracks totals, to-par, and season standings.
4
Close the event.After the skins deadline, the first-place player receives the crown, regular score editing locks, and only admin or approved exceptions can modify late scores.
Compete User Guide
1
Create a league specialty event.Compete is for local or remote league events that are separate from the main Tour calendar.
2
Coordinate live or remote matches.Friends can play in person, in different cities, or across the globe while tracking scores in one shared competition.
3
Submit buy-in and skins details.Competitions can capture buy-in per player, player count, calculated skins pot, and event notes.
4
Trash talk and compare results.Players can comment, reply, react, track standings, and keep each competition scoped to the active league.
Latest Platform Updates
User-facing improvements that affect how players, commissioners, and leagues use the platform. Minor styling updates and small text changes are intentionally not shown here.
TripTrip logistics can now be coordinated by leagueThe new Trip module tracks golf courses, lodging, transportation, and restaurant bookings with dates, status, player counts, and cost per person.
TripTrip timeline overview maps the week visuallyEach trip workspace now includes a swim-lane timeline by day for golf, lodging, transportation, and restaurants so the week can be reviewed at a glance.
Tour / CompeteGolf course autocomplete is available when posting scoresPlayers can use Google Places autocomplete for alternate Tour SIM courses and Compete golf course entries when a Google Maps API key is configured.
Tour / CompeteScoreboards show the course playedTour and Compete scoreboards now show the golf course played under each player, using the alternate SIM course when one is submitted.
League DataLeague activity now stays separatedTour scores, Compete scores, comments, replies, SIM Event entries, and competitions are tied to the active league so one league does not carry into another.
TourTour events now support commissioner-controlled rulesCommissioners can set buy-in, total skins, skins deadline, number of rounds, and late-score exceptions for Tour events. Scoreboards adjust to show only the rounds being played.
ScoringPlayers get a cleaner score-posting flowThe score form hides after a player completes the required rounds, already-posted rounds are removed from the dropdown, and allowed round scores can be edited inline.
CompeteLeague specialty competitions are supportedCommissioners can create local or remote events, track buy-ins and skins pots, support team formats, collect course/slope details, and keep standings for each competition.
Commissioner ToolsCommissioners have a dedicated management workspaceCommissioners can manage league settings, users, comments, posts, competitions, Tour score exceptions, and bulk-create league players.
CommunityMessage boards and comments are more interactiveLeague posts, Tour comments, and Compete comments support replies, owner edits, and quick reaction options for thumbs-up and laughing responses.
MobileMobile views are easier to useThe mobile navigation slides away while scrolling, and Tour scoreboards plus season standings are compacted to reduce sideways scrolling.